1. Taking children for a ride

Comment #102759 by pw201 on December 23, 2007 at 3:04 pm

Once again, this is a non-story. The AH Trust is, as far as I can tell, run out of someone's living room by a husband and wife team, and apparently has the grand sum of £311 in its fund. Journalists should do some basic research on them (Charity Comission, whois on their domains, etc) before equating trumpeting the downfall of civilisation. What I found is on my blog at http://pw201.livejournal.com/84986.html

2. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99853 by pw201 on December 17, 2007 at 5:28 pm

Folks, this is a non-issue. From looking at the Charity Commission's records and the AH Trust website, the charity is one man (with a C.Eng.: why are they always engineers?) and his wife operating out of their house, and they have a grand total of £311 in the bank, according to their own annual report at http://www.zebraagency.co.uk/Annual_Report_07.doc

More on my blog at http://pw201.livejournal.com/84986.html if anyone's interested.

Vardy's support of creationism in schools is bad, but he's a successful businessman, so we can assume he's not stupid with money. He'd be crazy to pour money into something as obviously amateurish as this.

3. Response to the God Delusion

Comment #58158 by pw201 on July 23, 2007 at 6:08 pm

I used to attend Rev Midgley's previous church back when I was a Christian, so it was interesting to see him featured on the Dawkins site. It's like being vicariously famous (vicariously, geddit?).

I've written about what I thought of the sermon on my own blog over at http://pw201.livejournal.com/78754.html

4. Won't anyone stand up for God?

Comment #54518 by pw201 on July 7, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Posted to the Mail's comments, we'll see whether it turns up:

What we're interested in is what is true. If Euclid never existed, we can still work with the axioms, because they their truth is independent of who invented them. Jesus' teachings are not unique (the Golden Rule was stated by others before Jesus, for example). Rather, Christianity is about who Jesus was. If Jesus did not exist (or, I'd argue, if he was not resurrected), Christianity is dead.

The modern defenders of religion exist, but have given up on orthodox Christianity. Look at the people writing critical reviews of "The God Delusion", or debating with Dawkins. Terry Eagleton thinks Christianity is a kind of Marxism, and that Christians don't believe in a personal God. In conversations with Dawkins, McGrath himself fudged when asked direct questions about the Virgin Birth and the Atonement. Orthodoxy is seen as intellectually embarrassing (and with good reason). What modern theologians defend is a philosopher's God who nobody would bother to worship.